Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by patrick Lorelli (33 Lists)



Inspector Oldfield and the Black Hand Society by William Oldfield
Police Histories
85 books — 10 voters
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
52 Book Club 2022: Summer Genre Challenge - True Crime
174 books — 15 voters

Marine Sniper by Charles HendersonHorse Soldiers by Doug Stanton
Best US Military Memoirs and Biographies
143 books — 42 voters
Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg
Mystery & Thriller 2020
367 books — 570 voters

The Black Hand by Stephan Talty
Best True Crime
1,345 books — 1,886 voters
Utmost Savagery by Joseph H. Alexander
World War II in the Pacific
164 books — 155 voters

The Black Hand by Stephan Talty
Best Mafia Books
237 books — 353 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,548 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Best History Books
3,701 books — 3,733 voters
Mr B by Cary Ginell
JAZZLIVES
91 books — 9 voters

Blues All Around Me by B.B. King
Blues Music
135 books — 18 voters
Texas Flood by Alan Paul
Music Published in Decade: 2010s
149 books — 10 voters

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
The Best American Historical Biographies of All Time
246 books — 133 voters
Fire Base Illingworth by Philip Keith
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
329 books — 636 voters

Need to Know by Karen Cleveland
2018 Mystery Thriller Horror
288 books — 290 voters
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Best Mafia Novels
309 books — 288 voters

Wonderful Tonight by Pattie Boyd
Top Music Biographies
120 books — 37 voters
With the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Books on the Pacific War
235 books — 258 voters

Marine Sniper by Charles Henderson
Best Sniper Fiction
15 books — 9 voters
Outlaw Platoon by Sean ParnellEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,123 books — 2,357 voters

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Best Sports History Books
223 books — 109 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinFields of Honor by Edwin C. BearssThe Gettysburg Gospel by Gabor S. BorittGrant and Sherman by Charles Bracelen Flood
Best American Civil War Books
1,006 books — 979 voters

Satchel by Larry Tye
Top reads for sports fans
955 books — 769 voters
American Gun by Chris KyleLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Books for JByrd
26 books — 9 voters

Lone Survivor by Marcus LuttrellOutlaw Platoon by Sean ParnellAmerican Sniper by Chris KyleThe Outpost by Jake TapperInto the Fire by Dakota Meyer
Best Iraq and Afghanistan War Books
252 books — 459 voters
John Wayne by Scott Eyman
Best Biographies
1,660 books — 2,941 voters

In the Secret Service by Jerry ParrThe Kennedy Detail by Gerald Blaine
BEST SECRET SERVICE/ JFK BOOKS
20 books — 23 voters
Marine Sniper by Charles HendersonOutlaw Platoon by Sean ParnellLone Survivor by Marcus LuttrellMarine! The Life of Chesty Puller by Burke Davis
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
441 books — 591 voters

Nixonland by Rick PerlsteinTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisTheodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
467 books — 524 voters
Outlaw Platoon by Sean ParnellSeal of Honor by Gary WilliamsLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Books on Special Forces Missions
100 books — 269 voters


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